Hockney masterpiece goes on view ahead of auction

The 1980 landscape is the star lot of Phillips’ 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York on Dec. 7 and is estimated to sell for $35 million. Nichols Canyon is considered Hockney’s first mature landscape. It marked the artist’s return to California and to painting following a hiatus in the 1970s during … Read more

Tokyo film festival taps ‘power of the arts’ to give courage amid pandemic

Audiences were barred from cheering festival guests, required to wear masks, have their temperature taken and use hand sanitiser. Foreign guests were mostly absent given Japan’s international border closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, although a small number of directors opted to quarantine for two weeks in order to attend the 33rd annual festival. … Read more

E-Conference on Management of COVID 19 & related infections (MARDS-CVD- 19) and VIRULINA Product launch organized by Chitkara University

The event also marked the product launch of a preclinically and clinically tested product ‘Virulina’, which has been validated as an effective adjunct remedy for the prevention of ARDS caused due to Covid 19 infection.   Keeping with its vision to create knowledge, train professionals, and collaborate with industry leaders for a greater good, Chitkara University … Read more

Hong Kong Police arrests seven Pro-democracy politicians over scuffle in May

Hong Kong Police has confirmed the arrests at a press briefing and said they were arrested on charges of “contempt” and “interfering” with members of the city’s Legislative Council on 8th May. According to local media reports, Authorities made a series of early morning arrests of politicians from the Democratic Party, the Labour Party, and … Read more